Trundling toy



1. HERMAN. TRUNDLING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED mmzs. 1922.

1,432,697. Patented 001:. 17, 1922 Fae. 8

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Patented @et 17, 1922.

u1u-irse stares JoIlIN Henri-Am or rHrLAnnLrHr/i., rnnnsynvanra.

rRUNnLInG TOY.

Application led January 26,- 1922; Serial No. 532,004.

Toi uZZ whom. t may .concer/n:

Be it known Athat l, JOHN HERMAN, a citizen of Poland, residing atPhiladelphia, in they county of Philadelphia and Statev of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trundling Toys,y ofwhich the following is a specication. f

This inventionvrelates to certain new and useful improvements intrundling' toys and has particular reference to a toy having a wheelsupported axle with a. cage .orcar carrying a ligure toy journaledy onthel axle engaging one oi*l the wheels.v to cause rotation thereof, a.handle bar being fixed. tothe axle' to prevent rotation ofthe axle.

the provision vof a toy of the trundling type wherein an axlesupportin'gthe wheels has a handle secured thereto with a cage'journ'a'ledV on the handle andspring pressed 'into engagement lwiththe' wheels yto cause rotation of the cage duri-ng `the trundlin'gmovement of the toy.

With" the above genera-l1 objects in `view and others that will appearas the nature of they inventionis better understood, .the

same'consists. of thel novel' form, combination' and arrangement oiparts `hereinatter more fully described, shownin theaccompanyingdrawings and claimed.kk w

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters "designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a side elevational view of a trundling toy y constructed inaccordance with the present invention, showing the cage rotatablysupported on the handle and spring pressed into frictional engagementwith the trundling wheels,

Figure 2 is a. side elevational view of the device, showing therotatable cage in perspective and the car rotatably supported on theaxle with the peripheral edge thereof frictionally engaging one of thetrundling wheels, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail View, of the trundling wheels, the axlecarried there- .by and the car rotatably supported on the panyingdrawingV there is illustrated a` trundling toy embodying a block axle lrectangular in cross section as shown in Figthe: wheels. Aa pairot'di'sk-.washers 5 with a coil spring 6v surrounding the screw 1nadirection toward the block'axle l. A further object of theI inventionresides position by the screw pins 4 associated with the wheel `3entering v. the same from; one vside thereof, as shown in F ig. 3. f

ure l, the same being supported on trun dlingwheels 2 and 3 through themedium of screw pins 4t having plain portions upon which said wheels arejournaled with the threaded ends of the screw pins engaging or receivedin the opposite endssof the block axle, this construction being clearlyshown in Fig. 3; Thev heads of the. screw pins 4 extend av consider-abledistanceoutwardly of 2, each having mounted thereon pins between thewashersV to Aforceffone of` the washer-s into engagement with the headsoi thescrew pins and also tol move` the .wheels 2 and 3 y\ .reis shown'more clearly; in Fig. 3, a washer 7 is interposed between the wheelv 3`and the block axl'ef l to limit the movementjot the wheel 3V towardsaidaxle.

A relatively long handle 8 has` one end thereof secured inI anopening-9j formed in theblock axle, the same'being retained in vA. caror receptacle is supported on the block axle l for rotationthe sameembodying a disk l() having an; axialopening ll for. the ltree receptionofthe upper end of a. screw l2 that is threaded ,intothe block` axle ]f,the peripheral edge ot the dist it extending laterally ot oneV end ofthe block axle l as shown in Fig. 3 for rictional engagement with theadjacent face of the trundling wheel 2, the spring 6 upon the screw pin4 adjacent the wheel 2, moving said wheel into frictional engagementwith said disk. The. car or receptacle embodying the 95 base disk l0carries a wire or other side wall portion 13 within which a figure toyis mounted.

A. rotatable cage is journaled on the handle bar 8, the same embodying apair of 100 spaced disk portions l5 connected by rails 16 adjacent theperiphery of said disks, the handle bar 8 being connected to the blockaxle l to one side of the transverse center thereof to cause the disk l5of the cage ad- 105 jacent the axle to frictionally ride upon theperiphery of the trundling wheel 3 as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. Tohold the cage in frictional engagement with the wheel 3, a coil spring17 surrounds the handle bar 8 110 adjacent the inner Jface ofthe lowerdisk l5, the upper end of the spring being secured v` that yminorchanges may be made device itis believed that the construction and yoperation thereof will at once be apparent, it being noted that the caror receptacle einbodying the base disk 10 is rotatably mounted upon .the,block l to present the periphery ot the disk `lo: irietional engagementlrwith the spring pressed trundling wheel 2. The handle bar 8 also beingconnected tothe block axle l laterally of the transverse center thereof,the lower 'ace of the bottom disk l5 is presented 'tor v'lirictionalengagement withthe periphery ot the trundling wheel 3. Considerableamusement 'is derivedy by children during the trundling movement of' thetoy, the car being rotated and carrying therein a figure toy o'f'thedesired y conliguration, while the eage' embodying the disk vl5 and theVconnecting rails or bars 16 is 'rotatable upon the handle bart.Eiiciencyin the operation of the toy,^'is enhanced bythe spring elements 6 y andy17 associated =with the'screwaxle pin 4 and thehandle bar t8,maintaining .frictional engagement between the relatively rotatableelements;

Vhile'th'ere is" herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ofthe present V.in-

it is nevertheless to be understood v `therein without departing romlthespirit and scope vention,

"of the invention as elai'niedy- What is claimed as new u "l l. In atrundling toy ofthetype described,

a block axle, trundling wheels journaled thereon, the bearings for -saidwheels ineluding serew pins engaging in of' the block axle', coilsprings on said screw the opposite ends pins interposed between4thefouter ends of the pins and the outer laees ofthe trundling wheelsnormally to itorce the wheels in directions toward the `block axle, acar embodying a disk base rotatably mounted on thebloek axle at one sideof. the center thereof to present the periphery of said disk forlfrictional engagement with the adjacent inner face of one oi' thetrundling wheels, a handle bar fixed to the block axle, and acagejournaled on the handle bar and having a lower disk portion overlyingone et the trundling wheels for frictional engagement therewith toe'll'ectl rotation of said cage.

2; 'ln a trundling toy ofthe type described, a bleek axle, trundlingvwheels li,ournaled thereon, the bearings Yfor said wheels includingscrew pins engaging in theeppositev ends `ot the block axle, coilsprings on said screw pins interposed-between the outer ends oi' thepins and the 'outer'faces olI the trundling wheels normally to force thewheels in directions-toward the-block axle, a car embodying the blockaxle atoneside of the y'center thereof to present the periphery'of saiddisk Yfor L rietional engagement with vthe adjacent inner face `oit oneol the trundling wheels, a

a disk base rotatablymounted on ournaledv on the `handle bar and havinga `lower disk portion overlying onel ott` the ',trundling wheels iterrictional-engagement therewith to effect rotation of saideage, and leoilspring surrounding ythe handle f bar having one end thereof anchored tothe han- 1 dle bar and the other end'thereo'f yfreely engagingthendisllz-o'l said base togtoree ythe rcage intd frictional engagementvwiththe l trundling wheel. v 1 u p in testimony,whereoic l; aiix mysignature.

JOHNl HERMAN.

